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Sequence and location of the poly C tract in aphtho- and cardiovirus RNA

D. N. Black, Pauline Stephenson, David J. Rowlands, F. Brown

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The poly C tract in the RNA of the aphtho- and cardio viruses has been examined in several isolates of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) and encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus. The length of the tract is variable, containing 100 to 170 bases in the FMDV isolates and 80 to 250 bases in the EMC virus isolates. Each poly C tract contains c. 10% A and U residues, located at the 5' end, i.e. most of the tract is a continuous run of C residues. The position of the tract on the genome was the same in each of the FMDV isolates, about 400 bases from the 5' end, whereas in the EMC virus isolates it was about 150 bases from the 5' end.

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Key concepts: Biology, Aphthovirus, Foot-and-mouth disease virus, Virology, Virus, RNA, Genome, Sequence (biology)